National Broadband Network
News and interviews on National Broadband Network including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
NBN to confirm more construction delays, but analysts say Coalition win no threatThursday, 24 May 2012
The National Broadband Network is falling behind and has suffered a number of construction delays, chief executive Mike Quigley is expected to confirm in front of Parliament later tonight. ...
ACCC warns of carbon tax price gouging: Midday roundup
Friday, 11 May 2012
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has already come across businesses using the imminent introduction of the carbon tax to price gouge consumers. ...
Telstra warns on NBN pricing
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The telecommunications industry has reacted against the National Broadband Network's special access undertaking, with Telstra questioning the company's wholesale access price – just as the network begins to ramp up its construction efforts. ...
Small business unsure about how to best benefit from NBN, report finds
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Small business remains unsure about how they can best take advantage of the National Broadband Network, a report has found, which urges the Government to provide more information to rural and regional businesses about the network. ...
Telcos react against NBN access undertaking but experts say prices can’t fall forever
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Telcos have reacted harshly to the National Broadband Network's special access undertaking, which sets out wholesale prices for the foreseeable future, saying it is out of line with current industry trends in which prices are continuing to fall. ...
Optus announces NBN pricing as network pledges tailored services for SMEs
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Optus has finally released its prices for its services available on the National Broadband Network, calming fears that access would be more expensive under the new network than services that are currently available. ...
NBN releases roll-out schedule, set to connect 28 new locations in the next year
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Wollongong, Gosford and the cities of Melbourne and Darwin will be some of the next regions to be connected to the National Broadband Network, according to its latest 12-month rollout plan released this morning. ...
Telstra urges shareholders to vote in favour of NBN proposal with independent report
Friday, 02 September 2011
Telstra shareholders are being urged to vote in favour of the company's structural separation plan, highlighting an independent report from research group Grant Samuel that states the company will be better off even if the National Broadband Network is eventually ...
NBN hits hurdle as ACCC discussion paper questions Telstra’s structural separation plan
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
The rollout of the National Broadband Network faces another hurdle, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday released a pessimistic discussion paper regarding Telstra's proposed method for splitting its wholesale and retail divisions. ...
Leading telco lobby group folds as membership revenue dries up
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
After 30 years of representing government and big business in pushing for telecommunications reform, the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) has folded. ...
Telco analysts say Coalition broadband plan tricky but achievable
Thursday, 04 August 2011
The Coalition has formally announced its alternative broadband plan, a $10 billion deal that would involve a mixture of fixed-line, wireless and satellite services that would combine funding from both the Government and private sectors. ...
NBN confirms construction rollout for second release sites
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Coffs Harbour, Armidale and Townsville will be some of the next cities to get access to the National Broadband Network, after the Government-owned company confirmed start dates for construction in the second batch of release sites. ...
Internode reveals NBN pricing but Hackett says network charges will keep access expensive
Friday, 22 July 2011
Internet service provider Internode has revealed its first prices for the National Broadband Network, but the announcement has been accompanied by a statement from managing director Simon Hackett explaining that prices under the network will be higher than ...
Telstra, NBN Co. close to new deal on infrastructure: Report
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Progress is picking up on the roll-out of the National Broadband Network, with one report indicating the Government and Telstra are close to finalising a deal that will see the NBN fibre installed through existing infrastructure, saving a substantial amount ...
Stephen Conroy’s NBN coup: Burgess
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
There are heartening signs that the most-feared sources of NBN cost blow-outs are being contained, following the leaking of a draft agreement between unions, government and major contractors yesterday. ...
Conroy provides structural separation guidelines as NBN announces two new contracts
Thursday, 02 June 2011
Activity around the National Broadband Network has continued to ramp up, with the Government announcing its requirements for the structural separation agreement for telco giant Telstra. ...
Conroy’s digital strategy still doesn’t explain NBN’s cost/benefit question: Bartholomeusz
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
Stephen Conroy's National Digital Economy Strategy is one of those wordy documents full of platitudes and high-level aspirations, which begs the fundamental question of whether it is necessary to spend $35.7 billion, if not more, to achieve the strategy's objectives. ...
Report claims expensive wireless networks mean wired better alternative for NBN
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Higher costs and limited networking capacity are just some of the reasons why a wireless network will not deliver the same amount of service quality compared to a fixed-line National Broadband Network, according to a new report. ...
Why the NBN’s premium services could be a hard sell: Gottliebsen
Friday, 20 May 2011
Simon Hackett's KGB interview provides an insight into how Stephen Conroy's insistence that the National Broadband Network deliver entry level prices equivalent to the cost of similar download speeds today could have a perverse effect on the pricing and take-up ...
Greenfield developers accuse NBN of misleading private installers
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
The country's greenfield fibre installers are saying the Government has deceived them by asking a number of companies for their advice and then choosing to go with a more expensive alternative. ...
